NOTICE OF ANCILLARY FILING
WITHOUT ANY ADMINISTRATION
TO CREDITORS, DISTRIBUTEES AND LEGATEES
Notice is hereby given that the following foreign will or affidavit of heirs has been filed in the Pocahontas County Clerk’s Office at 900 Tenth Avenue Suite C; P. O. Box 209, Marlinton, WV 24954-0209.
An interested person(s) objecting to the filing of the foreign will or affidavit or objecting to the absence of appointment or administration being made in this state must file a statement with the Pocahontas County Commission through the County Clerk’s Office at the address listed above within 60 days after the date of first publication or 30 days of service of the notice, whichever is later. If an objection is not timely filed, the objection is forever barred. The Pocahontas County Commission, upon receiving any timely objection thereto, shall schedule a hearing or hearings thereon and order relief, if any, it considers proper including, but not limited to, an order directing that full and complete ancillary administration of the estate of the nonresident decedent be made in this state.
First Publication Date: Thursday, Setpebmer 24, 2026
ESTATE NAME: THOMAS ROCKY HOLMAN
5256 Fairmount Road
Newark, OH 43056
ancillary administrator: Brenda Joyce Holman
5256 Fairmount Road
Newark, OH 43056
Subscibed and sworn to before me on September 17, 2026.
Melissa L. Bennett
Clerk of the Pocahontas County Commission
9/24/2c
IN THE FAMILY COURT OF
POCAHONTAS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA
Civil Action No. 26-D-35
IN RE: The marriage of
Jeffrey Allen Kelly, Petitioner,
and
Katherine Hixson, Respondent
THE OBJECT OF THIS SUIT IS TO
OBTAIN A DIVORCE
To the above-named Respondent:
It appearing by affidavit filed in this action that Katherine Hixson is a non-resident of the State of West Virginia or has an unknown address.
It is hereby ordered that Katherine Hixson serve upon Jeffrey Kelly, Petitioner, whose address is 9183 Huntersville Road, Marlinton, WV, an Answer, including any related counterclaim or defense you may have to the Petition for Divorce filed in this action on or before October 28, 2026.
If you fail to Answer the Petition for Divorce, a judgment may be taken against you for the relief demanded in the Petition.
A copy of said petition can be obtained from the undersigned Clerk’s’ office
Entered by the Clerk of said court September 28, 2026
Connie Carr
Clerk of the Court by Rebecca Puffenbarger, Deputy Clerk
10/1/2c
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE
NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE is hereby given pursuant to and by virtue of the authority vested in the Substitute Trustee, Pill & Pill, PLLC, by that certain Deed of Trust dated December 17, 2014, executed by Borrower(s), Josef L. Cummin, a married man as his sole and separate property, to Michael Raber, the Trustee of record in the office of the Clerk of the County Commission of Pocahontas County, West Virginia, in Book 357, at Page 450. At the time of the execution of the Deed of Trust, this property was reported to have a mailing address of 807 Sally Shearer Road, Marlinton, WV 24954. Pill & Pill, PLLC were appointed as Substitute Trustees by APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE dated August 7, 2026, of record in the Clerk’s Office. The borrower(s) defaulted under the Note and Deed of Trust and the Substitute Trustees have been instructed to foreclose under the Deed of Trust. Accordingly, the Substitute Trustees will sell the following described property to the highest bidder at the front door of the Courthouse of Pocahontas County, in Marlinton, West Virginia, on the following date: Monday, October 19, 2026, at 1:42 p.m.
THE LAND REFERRED TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF POCAHONTAS, STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA, AND IS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
ALL OF THAT CERTAIN TRACT OR PARCEL OF REAL LOCATED IN THE EDRAY DISTRICT OF POCAHONTAS COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA, JOINING SECONDARY ROUTE 1/18, THE SALLY SHEARER ROAD, APPROXIMATELY ONE (1) MILE EAST OF EDRAY, AND MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS:
BEGINNING AT A POINT IN SAID ROAD, CORNER TO ROBERT Y. AND RUTH L. SHARP AND WINFIELD K. DAVIS, FROM WHICH A CHESTNUT STUMP BY A FENCE CORNER BEARS S 26-41 W AT 258.19`; THENCE ALONG THE LINE OF DAVIS AT 25.00 FEET PASSING A 3/4″ IRON PIPE, SET, FROM WHICH A 5″ AND A 7″ FORKED BLACK CHERRY BEARS S 79-30 E AT 6.70` AND A 6″ BLACK CHERRY BEARS N 18-15 E AT 10 80`, AT 447.54` PASSING A 3/4″ IRON PIPE, FOUND, CORNER TO DAVIS AND ROBERT L. LACY, CONTINUING ALONG THE LINE OF LACY, AT 597.53` PASSING 2.07` RIGHT OF A 3/4″ IRON PIPE, FOUND, A CORNER TO LACY, WILLIAM JAMES THOMAS AND GEORGE M. AND KEITH R. MILLER AS AGREED BY ROBERT M. MCNABB, SAID DAVIS, THOMAS AND MILLER, CONTINUING ALONG THE LINE OF MILLER 744.73` TOTAL TO A 3/4″ IRON PIPE, SET, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF A HOLLOW ON THE LINE OF MILLER, FROM WHICH A 9″ SCARLET OAK BEARS N 51-15 W` AT 4.30` AND A 7″ BLACK BIRCH BEARS N 20-10 E AT 13.30`; THENCE N 62-27 W THROUGH THE LAND OF ROBERT M. MCNABB, AT 72.80` PASSING A 9″ CHESTNUT OAK ABOVE AN ACCESS ROAD AT 427.68` PASSING A 3-4″ IRON PIPE, SET FROM WHICH A 7″ WHITE OAK BEARS N 1-30 W AT 30.85`, 457.46 TOTAL TO A POINT IN THE SALLY SHEARER ROAD; THENCE THROUGH THE LAND OF MCNABB AND ALONG THE CENTER OF THE SALLY SHEARER ROAD FOR THE NEXT NINE (9) COURSES S 83-48 W A DISTANCE OF 93.30` TO A POINT IN THE ROAD; S 49-00 W A DISTANCE OF 92 39` TO A POINT IN THE ROAD; S 14-56 W A DISTANCE OF 62 03` TO A POINT IN THE ROAD, S 25-34 E A DISTANCE OF 193.48` TO A POINT IN THE ROAD. S 33-52 E A DISTANCE OF 274.62` TO A POINT IN THE ROAD, S 32-46 OF A DISTANCE OF 83.64` TO A POINT IN THE ROAD; S 06-41W A DISTANCE OF 57.08` TO A POINT IN THE ROAD; S 10-47 W A DISTANCE OF 159.27` TO A POINT IN THE ROAD; S 04-04 E A DISTANCE OF 60.47` TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, AND CONTAINING 5.04 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, AS SURVEYED BY RODNEY W. GARDNER IN AUGUST 1980, AND AS SHOWN AS LOT ONE ON A PLAT ATTACHED HERETO AND MADE A PART A THIS DESCRIPTION.
AND BEING A PART OF 136.95 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED UNTO ROBERT M. MCNABB AND ETHEL W. MCNABB BY A DEED BEARING DATE THE 19TH DAY OF APRIL, 1974, FROM JOE E. SHARP AND PATTY JO SHARP, WHICH SAID DEED IS OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF THE POCAHONTAS COUNTY COMMISSION, IN DEED BOOK 131, AT PAGE 519.
THIS BEING THE SAME PROPERTY CONVEYED TO JOSEF L. CUMMINS, SINGLE FROM ROBERT M. MCNABB AND ETHEL W. MCNABB, HUSBAND AND WIFE IN A DEED DATED MAY 11, 1981, AND RECORDED MAY 11, 1981, IN BOOK 158, AT PAGE 644.
TERMS OF SALE:
1) The property will be conveyed in an “AS IS” physical condition by Deed containing no warranty, express or implied, subject to the Internal Revenue Service right of redemption, all property taxes, prior Deeds, liens, reservations, encumbrances, restrictions, rights-of-ways, easements, covenants, conveyances and conditions of record in the Clerk’s office or affecting the subject property.
2) The Purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of the transfer taxes imposed by the West Virginia Code § 11-22-1.
3) The Beneficiary and/or the Servicer of the Deed of Trust and Note reserve the right to submit a bid for the property at sale.
4) The Trustee reserves the right to continue sale of the subject property from time to time by written or oral proclamation, which continuance shall be in the sole discretion of the Trustee.
5) The Trustee shall be under no duty to cause any existing tenant or person occupying the property to vacate said property, and any personal property and/or belongings remaining at the property after the foreclosure sale will be deemed to constitute ABANDONED PROPERTY AND WILL BE DISPOSED OF ACCORDINGLY.
6) The total purchase price is payable to the Trustee within thirty (30) days of the date of sale, with ten (10%) of the total purchase price payable to the Trustee at sale.
Pill & Pill, PLLC, Substitute Trustee
Pill & Pill, PLLC
85 Aikens Center
Edwin Miller Boulevard
P.O. Box 440
Martinsburg, WV 25402
(304) 263-4971
[email protected]
10/1/3c
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
2025-C-000098 -POCAHONTAS COUNTY –
RED SHOULDER LLC
To: BETTY BROOKS, JOHN WHITLEY IV, ANGELA WILT, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.
DISTRICT: LITTLE LEVELS MAP 46 PARCEL 0004 0004 0000
You will take notice that RED SHOULDER LLC, the purchaser of the following real estate, CERT NO. 2025-C-000098, located LITTLE LEVELS DISTRICT, LT 4 MCMILLION SD, 1.15 AC, which was returned delinquent or non-entered in the name of BETTY BROOKS, MATHES JULIA, WHITLEY, and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and non-entered lands of Pocahontas County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on May 29, 2026. RED SHOULDER LLC requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after March 1, 2027, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before February 28, 2027, will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2024 – 13864 $ 323.20
Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number. $ 0.00
Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest for tax year 2025-13943 $ 236.05
Additional taxes with interest. $ 0.00
Auditor’s Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest. $ 211.05
Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State, with interest. $ 300.26
Additional Statutory Fees with Interest. $ 0.00
Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor – cashier check, money order, certified or personal check $ 1,070.56
You may redeem at any time before February 28, 2027 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.
If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.
Given under my hand September 17, 2026.
Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and
Non-entered Lands of Pocahontas County,
State of West Virginia.
Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1 Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Question, please call 1-888-509-6568
10/1/3c
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
2025-C-000081 – POCAHONTAS COUNTY –
RED SHOULDER LLC
To: OCCUPANT, OCCUPANT, LIONEL W ATKINS, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.
DISTRICT: HUNTERSVILLE MAP 55 PARCEL 0026 0003 0000
You will take notice that RED SHOULDER LLC, the purchaser of the following real estate, CERT NO. 2025-C-000081, HUNTERS-VILLE DISTRICT, COCHRANS CREEK, 2 AC, which was returned delinquent or non-entered in the name of ATKINS LIONEL W, and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and non-entered lands of Pocahontas County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on May 29, 2026. RED SHOULDER LLC requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after March 1, 2027, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before February 28, 2027, will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2024 – 11497 $ 224.60
Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number. $ 0.00
Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest for tax year 2025-11567 $ 143.10
Additional taxes with interest. $ 0.00
Auditor’s Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest. $ 211.05
Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State, with interest. $ 282.49
Additional Statutory Fees with Interest. $ 0.00
Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor – cashier check, money order, certified or personal check. $ 861.24
You may redeem at any time before February 28, 2027 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.
If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.
Given under my hand September 17, 2026.
Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and
Non-entered Lands of Pocahontas County,
State of West Virginia.
Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1 Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Question, please call 1-888-509-6568
10/1/3c
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
2025-C-000093 – POCAHONTAS COUNTY –
GARNET GAS CORPORATION
To: SAMUEL W. MADISON, TIMOTHY A. MADISON, DANIEL W. MADISON, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, CREDITORS AND ASSIGNS OF TIMOTHY A. MADISON, DANIEL W. MADISON, SAMUEL W. MADISON, MERLE SHARP, ORA SHARP, NOAH SHARP, CECIL SHARP, ELSIE MCLAUGHLIN AND MAMIE DYKE, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.
DISTRICT: HUNTERSVILLE MAP 33 PARCEL 0036 00000 000
You will take notice that GARNET GAS CORPORATION, the purchaser of the following real estate, CERT NO. 2025-C-000093, HUNTERSVILLE DISTRICT, NR MARLINTON 50 X 125, which was returned delinquent or non-entered in the name of MADISON DANIEL W; SAMUEL W; TIMOTHY, and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and non-entered lands of Pocahontas County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on May 29, 2026. GARNET GAS CORPORATION requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after March 1, 2027, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before February 28, 2027, will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2024 – 12547 $ 105.79
Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number. $ 0.00
Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest for tax year 2025-12609 $ 24.22
Additional taxes with interest. $ 0.00
Auditor’s Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest. $ 106.00
Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State, with interest. $ 300.26
Additional Statutory Fees with Interest. $ 0.00
Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor – cashier check, money order, certified or personal check. $ 536.27
You may redeem at any time before February 28, 2027 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.
If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.
Given under my hand September 24, 2026.
Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and
Non-entered Lands of Pocahontas County,
State of West Virginia.
Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1 Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Question, please call 1-888-509-6568
10/1/3c
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
2025-C-000094 – POCAHONTAS COUNTY –
GARNET GAS CORPORATION
To: SAMUEL W. MADISON, TIMOTHY A. MADISON, DANIEL W. MADISON, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, CREDITORS AND ASSIGNS OF TIMOTHY A. MADISON, DANIEL W. MADISON, SAMUEL W. MADISON, MERLE SHARP, ORA SHARP, NOAH SHARP, CECIL SHARP, ELSIE MCLAUGHLIN AND MAMIE DYKE, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.
DISTRICT: HUNTERSVILLE MAP 33 PARCEL 0052 0000 0000
You will take notice that GARNET GAS CORPORATION, the purchaser of the following real estate, CERT NO. 2025-C-000094, HUNTERSVILLE DISTRICT, PARSEL, NR MARLINTON 100 X 125, which was returned delinquent or non-entered in the name of MADISON DANIEL W; SAMUEL W; TIMOTHY, and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and non-entered lands of Pocahontas County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on May 29, 2026. GARNET GAS CORPORATION requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after March 1, 2027, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before February 28, 2027, will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2024 – 12548 $ 130.64
Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number. $ 0.00
Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest for tax year 2025-12610 $ 48.43
Additional taxes with interest. $ 0.00
Auditor’s Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest. $ 109.65
Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State, with interest. $ 300.26
Additional Statutory Fees with Interest. $ 0.00
Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor – cashier check, money order, certified or personal check. $ 588.98
You may redeem at any time before February 28, 2027 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.
If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.
Given under my hand September 24, 2026.
Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and
Non-entered Lands of Pocahontas County,
State of West Virginia.
Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1 Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Question, please call 1-888-509-6568
10/1/3c
NOTICE OF REDEMPTION
2025-C-000092 – POCAHONTAS COUNTY –
GARNET GAS CORPORATION
To: SAMUEL W. MADISON, TIMOTHY A. MADISON, DANIEL W. MADISON, THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, DEVISEES, CREDITORS AND ASSIGNS OF TIMOTHY A. MADISON, DANIEL W. MADISON, SAMUEL W. MADISON, MERLE SHARP, ORA SHARP, NOAH SHARP, CECIL SHARP, ELSIE MCLAUGHLIN AND MAMIE DYKE, or heirs at law, devisees, creditors, representatives, successors, assigns, all known heirs, guardians, conservators, fiduciaries, administrators, lienholders, co-owners, other parties having an undivided interest in the delinquent property, and other parties that may have any interest in the subject property.
DISTRICT: HUNTERSVILLE MAP 33 PARCEL 0035 0000 0000
You will take notice that GARNET GAS CORPORATION, the purchaser of the following real estate, CERT NO. 2025-C-000092, HUNTERSVILLE DISTRICT, NR MARLINTON 50 X 125, 6,250 SQ.FT., which was returned delinquent or non-entered in the name of MADISON DANIEL W; SAMUEL W; TIMOTHY, and was sold by the deputy commissioner of delinquent and non-entered lands of Pocahontas County at the sale for the delinquent taxes on May 29, 2026. GARNET GAS CORPORATION requests that you be notified a deed for such real estate will be made on or after March 1, 2027, as provided by law, unless before that day you redeem such real estate. The amount needed to redeem on or before February 28, 2027, will be as follows:
Amount equal to the taxes and charges due on the date of the certification, with interest, for tax year ticket number 2024 – 12546 $ 105.79
Back tax tickets, with interest, and charges due on the date of certification for ticket number. $ 0.00
Subsequent of taxes paid on the property, with interest for tax year 2025-12608 $ 24.22
Additional taxes with interest. $ 0.00
Auditor’s Certification, Publication, and Redemption fee plus interest. $ 106.00
Amount paid for Title Examination, notice to redeem, publication, personal service, Secretary of State, with interest. $ 300.26
Additional Statutory Fees with Interest. $ 0.00
Total Amount Due and Payable to WV State Auditor – cashier check, money order, certified or personal check. $ 536.27
You may redeem at any time before February 28, 2027 by paying the above total less any unearned interest.
If the above real estate is your primary residence, you may petition the Auditor to redeem the real estate in not more than three incremental payments that equal the total amount required to redeem the real estate prior to the issuance of the deed described above.
Given under my hand September 24, 2026.
Christal G. Perry
Deputy Commissioner of Delinquent and
Non-entered Lands of Pocahontas County,
State of West Virginia.
Please return this letter and payment to the
West Virginia State Auditor’s Office
County Collections Division
1900 Kanawha Boulevard East
Building 1 Room W-114
Charleston, West Virginia 25305
Question, please call 1-888-509-6568
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